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J.NAGELE. WALL BRAGKET.

(No Model.)

No; 290,789 Pate nite d Deb. 25, 1883.

ATTORNEY WITNESSES:

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ilNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACCR N GELE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF oNE- HALF ToCHRISTIAN c. MARTIN, OF SAME PLACE AN IE M. MARTIN ADMINISTRATRIX OFSAID MARTIN, DECEASED.

WALD-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,789, dated December25, 1883.

Application filed November 2, 18852. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: provide the bracket or support 0, which sus-Be it known that I, JACOB NAGELE, a cititains the outer end of saidshelf. By lifting zen of the United States, residing at Philadeltheshelf the bracket can be removed without phia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State detaching any of the other parts.

5 of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new I; I) represent elongatedpins or bearings and useful Improvements in Wall-Brackets, of formed onshelf B, which enter the recesses a which the following isaspecification, refera of base A, to loosely hinge said parts toencebeing had therein to the accompanying gether. On the under side of shelfB, near its drawings, wherein front end, are formed lugs 11, betweenwhich 10 Figure 1 isa side elevation, partlysectional, the support 0 isplaced to keep it in a fixed of a bracket constructed in accordance withposition. Said support is provided with pinmy invention. Fig. 2 is aperspective of the tles c 0, adapted to engage with the eyes a a, baseor back of the bracket. Fig. 3 is a perof base A, to loosely pivot orhinge said sup- 6o spective of the shelf-support, and Fig. 4c is a portto base A. The said parts, it will be no- I 5 perspective of the shelf.ticed, are put together without finishing or fit My invention consistsof a combination of ting of their connections. The latter being parts,all as will hereinafter be described and open or loose connections, theparts of the claimed. bracket are readily detachable one from theReferring to the accompanying drawings,A other to form a knockdownbracket of ex- 20 represents the back or base of a bracket, B tremesimplicity.

the shelf, and C the support or rest therefor. I am aware that astove-shelf has been sup- Said parts are formed of or cast in metal, ofported by means of a pivoted bracket permaany suitable shape and beautyof design. The nently attached to the stove, and by lugs on back A isformed with two horizontal recesses, the stove, one of which must beremoved from 25 ca, with an opening or slot, a, for attaching the latterbefore the shelf can be detached; it to a hook on the wall or otherobject. Slots that table-leaf supports have been provided a a and a (1?represent eyes, of wrought or with pintles pivoted in eyes screwed tothe other metal, inserted in said base, as shown. frame, which eyes mustbe removed before the The eyes a are designed to be placed in thebracket can be taken off, and that sewing-mao mold wherein the back A iscast, so that as chine lamp-bracketshelves have been attached the ironis run into said mold the eyes are emto the frame by means ofstrap-hinges. My bedded in the base in the act of casting it. inventiondiffers from all of these, in that I The recesses are cast with theconcave portion wholly dispense with screws, and one part facing therear and the convex portion promay be detached from the base withoutdis- 5 j ectin g in front of the base, and are provided turbing theother parts.

with slots a a, in which the necks of pins 12 b What I claim isrest, andprevent the latter from having alat- The bracket and shelf composed of abase, eral motion. The pinsb bare insertedthrough A, having'recesses' aa with slots at a, eyes a openings or slots at a in the frame at a pointa openings a and a a, bracket 0, having pin- 40 above, and .are loweredto a point opposite tles c c, and shelf B, having elongated pins b therecess into which they are drawn. The Z) and lugs b b, for the purposeset forth. necks of the pivots are of sufficient length to In testimonywhereofI affix my signature in permit of this being done, and rest inthe slots presence of two witnesses.

a a, which permit of no lateral motion and JACOB NAGELE. 5 aresufficient to support the shelf independ- \Vitnesses:

ently of the bracket or support 0. In case a S. J. VAN STAvoREN,

heavy weight is to be placed upon the shelf, I CHAS. F. VAN HORN.

